# US 10,500,778 B2 · 3D printer spray nozzle structure and method thereof for controlling speed and precision

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- Number: US 10,500,778 B2
- Document ID: US10500778B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/044,450
- Filed: 2018-07-24
- Published: 2018-11-15
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2015-09-18
- Assignees: Cloud Computing Center Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Applicants: Cloud Computing Center Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Inventors: Zhen Shen; Gang Xiong; Xue Liu; Fei-Yue Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500778B2

## CPC

- B29C 48/251: {Design of extruder parts, e.g. by modelling based on mathematical theories or experiments}
- B29C 48/02: Small extruding apparatus, e.g. handheld, toy or laboratory extruders
- B29C 48/252: {Drive or actuation means; Transmission means; Screw supporting means}
- B29C 48/266: {Means for allowing relative movements between the apparatus parts, e.g. for twisting the extruded article or for moving the die along a surface to be coated}
- B29C 48/285: Feeding the extrusion material to the extruder
- B29C 48/92: Measuring, controlling or regulating
- B29C 64/106: using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material
- B29C 64/20: Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor
- B29C 64/386: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
- B29C 64/393: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
- B33Y 10/00: Processes of additive manufacturing
- B33Y 30/00: Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor
- B33Y 50/02: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
- B29C 48/802: {Heating}
- B29C 2948/9258: Velocity
- B29C 2948/92857: Extrusion unit
- B29K 2055/02: ABS polymers, i.e. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers
- B29K 2067/046: {PLA, i.e. polylactic acid or polylactide}
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
- B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a technical field of 3D printing, and more particularly to a 3D printer spray nozzle structure and a method thereof for controlling speed and precision. According to the present invention, a feeding pipeline is embedded in an external shell, the feeding pipeline and an extruder are coaxially connected; the extruder is driven by a driving device, so as to rotate relative to the feeding pipeline. A rotation angle of the extruder relative to the feeding pipeline is controlled by rotation of a motor, for controlling a filament area actually sprayed by the extrude, in such a manner that printing speed and precision is controlled for suiting different requirements of different printing area. The present invention controls the printing speed and precision, for improving overall printing speed with precision requirements satisfied, and is applicable to 3D printer spray nozzle structure and controlling.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for controlling speed and precision of a 3-dimensional printer spray nozzle structure;
wherein a method for controlling the printing speed comprises steps of:
defining a printing speed V=K×S×L: wherein S is a cross section area of a filament actually sprayed by an extruder, L is a unit printing forming area, K is a printing related constant;
determining a feeding speed by the cross section area S of the filament actually sprayed by the extruder and the unit printing forming area L, wherein a melting speed is also affected; the feeding speed and the melting speed together determine the printing speed; and
forming a signal referring to changes of S and L for controlling the printing speed, which also adjusting the feeding speed of a feeding pipeline of a spray nozzle;
wherein a method for controlling the printing precision comprises steps of: according to different precision requirements, adjusting the printing speed for controlling printing precision; wherein, when high printing precision is required, the printing speed is slow; when low printing precision is required, the printing speed is high;
wherein when an internal channel cross section shape of the feeding pipeline and an internal channel cross section shape of the extruder are both a triangle with a side length of 3a, the cross section area S of the filament actually sprayed by the extruder is:
S
=
9
⁢
3
4
⁢
1
+
tan
2
⁢
θ
2
1
+
3
⁢
tan
⁢
θ
2
⁢
a
2
wherein θ is a motor-driven rotation angle of the extruder.

### Claim 2

A method for controlling speed and precision of a 3-dimensional printer spray nozzle structure;
wherein a method for controlling printing speed comprises steps of:
defining a printing speed V =K×S×L: wherein S is a cross section area of a filament actually sprayed by an extruder, L is a unit printing forming area, K is a printing related constant;
determining a feeding speed by the cross section area S of the filament actually sprayed by the extruder and the unit printing forming area L, wherein a melting speed is also affected; the feeding speed and the melting speed together determine the printing speed; and
forming a signal referring to changes of S and L for controlling the printing speed, which also adjusting the feeding speed of a feeding pipeline of a spray nozzle;
wherein a method for controlling the printing precision comprises steps of: according to different precision requirements, adjusting the printing speed for controlling printing precision; wherein when high printing precision is required, the printing speed is slow; when low printing precision is required, the printing speed is high;
wherein a rotation angle of the extruder is adjusted by a motor for changing the cross section area S of the filament actually sprayed by the extruder in a unit time; because a working moving speed of the spray nozzle is constant, for ensuring Z-axis forming heights of all layers are identical, the feeding speed of the feeding pipeline is real-time controlled according to the cross section area S of the filament actually sprayed by the extruder; the feeding speed equals in value to the melting speed of materials transported, and also equals to the printing speed V during printer working;
wherein when an internal channel cross section shape of the feeding pipeline and an internal channel cross section shape of the extruder are both a triangle with a side length of 3a, the cross section area S of the filament actually sprayed by the extruder is:
S
=
9
⁢
3
4
⁢
1
+
tan
2
⁢
θ
2
1
+
3
⁢
tan
⁢
θ
2
⁢
a
2
wherein θ is a motor-driven rotation angle of the extruder.